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... consequence of this power , in a very marked man- ner , to confound the whole order and discipline of the company's service . Means are furnished there- by for perpetuating the powers of some given court of directors . They may forestal ...
... consequence of this power , in a very marked man- ner , to confound the whole order and discipline of the company's service . Means are furnished there- by for perpetuating the powers of some given court of directors . They may forestal ...
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... consequence of the first might make it difficult , if not impossible , to execute . What must add to the confusion is , that the alteration has not the regular and official autho- rity of the original plan , and may be presumed to ...
... consequence of the first might make it difficult , if not impossible , to execute . What must add to the confusion is , that the alteration has not the regular and official autho- rity of the original plan , and may be presumed to ...
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... consequence of it . any thing The trade became nominally free ; but the In course of business , established in consequence of coercive monopoly , was not easily altered . order to render more distinct the principles , which led to the ...
... consequence of it . any thing The trade became nominally free ; but the In course of business , established in consequence of coercive monopoly , was not easily altered . order to render more distinct the principles , which led to the ...
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... consequence of your letter of the 17th , I must request the favour of you to inform the " select committee , that I expect from their jus- " tice , on any matter of publick record , in which " I am personally to be brought forward to ...
... consequence of your letter of the 17th , I must request the favour of you to inform the " select committee , that I expect from their jus- " tice , on any matter of publick record , in which " I am personally to be brought forward to ...
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... consequence of this opin- jon , or pretence , entered upon a daring speculation hitherto unthought of , that of ... consequences of their own irregular actions , can- not be admitted . Mr. Hastings and the council had nothing at all to ...
... consequence of this opin- jon , or pretence , entered upon a daring speculation hitherto unthought of , that of ... consequences of their own irregular actions , can- not be admitted . Mr. Hastings and the council had nothing at all to ...
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Page 258 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Page 329 - Then to advise how war may best, upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage...
Page 307 - And turn the unwilling steeds another way ; Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curse the saved candle and unopening door ; . While the gaunt mastiff, growling at the gate, Affrights the beggar whom he longs to eat.
Page 352 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Page 283 - The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity .. the rest is crime.
Page 259 - ... rights ; the joint and several securities, each in its place and order, for every kind and every quality, of property and of dignity; — as long as these endure, so long the Duke of Bedford is safe: and we are all safe together — the high from the blights of envy and the spoliations of rapacity; the low from the iron hand of oppression and the insolent spurn of contempt. Amen ! and so be it : and so it will be, Dum domus JEnea Capitoli immobile saxum Accolet ; imperiumque pater Romanus habebit.
Page 258 - I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate. Indeed, my lord, I greatly deceive myself, if, in this hard season, I would give a peck of refuse wheat for all that is called fame and honor in the world.
Page 266 - At the very moment when some of them seemed plunged in unfathomable abysses of disgrace and disaster, they have suddenly emerged. They have begun a new course, and opened a new reckoning ; and even in the depths of their calamity, and on the very ruins of their country, have laid the foundations of a towering and durable greatness. All this has happened without any apparent previous change in the general circumstances which had brought on their distress . the death of a man at a critical juncture,...
Page 251 - He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of business, of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested.
Page 277 - Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.